<p>WAIT! don't get scared by the length!!!
I am in crucial need of help and no one seems to be able to give me this :(</p>
<p>I am an NJ resident, with parents who are currently unemployed. I can't decide between Rutgers (New Bruns) and Penn State (UPark)</p>
<p>I never wanted to go to Rutgers, considering everyone in my family went there. I just wanted to do something different and that was more tailored to my needs.</p>
<p>I planned on doing Business Management and I was accepted into the Smeal college of business at PSU and declined to the Rutgers college of business and only accepted to the college of Arts and Sciences.</p>
<p>Now i'm thinking of doing labor studies/relations, where I will still major in management but not so much business (finance, economics, etc). Rutgers has a school of management available through the college of Arts & Sciences, Penn State has a similar program but it is in the Liberal Arts college.</p>
<p>So although the business school at PSU is much better, I may not end up going there.</p>
<p>Next: Tuition</p>
<p>Penn State for OOS students is estimated to be about 46k for the next year. I filed my FAFSA Jan 1st (the first day you could) and was only given 5k from the fed and nothing from the school. Again, I have $0 income coming in. They told me at the financial aid office that they already gave out all the money and that i could "get an great education anywhere i decide to go." ... </p>
<p>For me to go here my mother will have to move, give up an opportunity for a job she may get, and try renting out our house as she lives in a smaller apartment.
I will end up being a ridiculously broke college student in TONS of debt and working nonstop to try to pay off loans.</p>
<p>Rutgers is my state school and has given me aid to cover almost 80% of my bill. My mother will have little to no problem paying the rest. She will not give up her life for me to go to college, and I can go to college/get out of college stress free. </p>
<p>Other than that, I don't like the rutgers campus, the people, the proximity to my hometown, and inevitably being with 50% of my graduating class. Also, my brother came here and I just wanted to do my own thing.</p>
<p>Penn state is exactly what I'm looking for in a school. I love everything about it. </p>
<p>Although, PSU is in the middle of nowhere. Where do I look for internship opportunities? Will I have to travel all the way back to NYC? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of going away? Especially if my mother rents of the house... I won't have a place to come back to in the summer to do internships in the summer. I am definitely a more urban girl... </p>
<p>But I cannot neglect the fact that PSU is ranked #1 for recruiters and has (apparently) amazing career services. I love the prestige that comes with the name Penn State and it gives me the confidence to believe I will land myself a job immediately after college (which is of course, the whole point). </p>
<p>I also already have the perfect roommate at PSU, which sounds absurd and silly but we became really close friends and I haven't told her about my dilemma yet. I know the experience there would be great... granted it may be great at Rutgers too.</p>
<p>I just don't want to miss out on an opportunity and regret it for the rest of my life. But even if I only go here for a year and realize it's too much to handle.... i would be wasting about 20k. I know the obvious choice seems like Rutgers, but I just don't feel excited or happy or even content picturing myself there.</p>
<p>Can someone PLEASE give me some insightful advice... I have to enroll either way ASAP!!!!</p>